Charged until june 4 of this year. While the City Attorneys Office was building the case against mr. Hernandez, a contractor number two or three in the complaint. It did not have the facts by that day. Incredibly, in may 28, 2020, works submitted a bid to be a subcontractor for a new project for the city a new multimillion dollar contract. They did this knowing the fbi had evidence mr. Hernandez bribed city officials. The public, city officials and reporters rightfully asked. How can an indated contractor seek new work with the city . In that case the charging documents had admissions the fbi called as lies. Such as that mr. Hernandez said he only gave 20,000 worth of goods and services. He die understood several hundred thousand worth of services for a vacation home. We were able to use the admission of 20,000 and not sufficient to have him charged with a crime to seek de barment. If that were not in there, in the charging documents we would not have been able to prevent the works from continuing to seek work while the criminal charges were pending. Mind you, most charging documents dont contain such admissions. They are alleges which cannot be the basis. As it is. Her flandez and work hernandez and works asked to protect the fifth amendment right against selfincrimination. We were able to stipulate to suspension and works was not able to seek new work until the verdict is entered. The contractor cannot get work while the chief Financial Officer is under indictment for fraud. We can de bar them assuming a guilty plea. Not guilty three could seek to have the suspension lifted. Because this is serious and fifth amendments right against selfincrimination are raised. We ask for an amendment the ordinance be amended to add that the point of hearing officer shall be an attorney licensed to practice law with not less than five years of experience. The constitutional issues are the ones that come up. One other thing to light is the clarification giving a gift to a public official where it would be unlawful for that public official to accept the gift is an express ground for de barment. We treated it as such but learned in this case one contractor gave a rolex watch, another a tractor, another at least 20,000 worth of construction work. Each of these contractors say i did not give it to him to get any favors. I did it because he was my friend. Under the government code and the campaign government conduct code it is unlawful for nuru to accept those gifts. It is only unlawful for the contractors to gift the gifts if they intended to get a favor. The excuse given is that this isnt for a favor, this is my friend. This may beings clear if you are giving a 37,000 rolex to a city official who is giving you a contract, you no longer are entitled to get contracts. You dont have excuse this is my friend and i am giving it to him or her. That is one of the loopholes that it closes. Another is that it may beings cleanup work. For instance. Ordinance now talks about the direct or of Administrative Services one that would appointer the hearing officer. There is no longer the thing in the city it is city administrator. There is cleanup work in addition to what i talked about. We think this will discourage contractors from continues to try to give gifts to city officials and if they continue to do so it will be easier to take them off the books while the criminal process plays out. I am happy to answer any questions that the committee has. Thank you for the presentation and all of your work. This is a necessary and crucial step to root out corruption and restore the faith of the public. As you mentioned, you have introduced an amendment and i am happy to make the motion on this amendment. They appear on page 9. Again they would require officers who preside over department and suspension hearings be an attorney licensed to practice in california with at least five years of experience. Before we go to Public Comment, colleagues, do you have any questions or remarks you would like to make . Chair mar, i would like to be added as a proud cosponsor. I will make you primary sponsor of the item. I dont want to cause any consternation with my friend the City Attorney, why dont we let this be the City Attorneys work and i will vote for it at committee and at full board. Thank you, supervisor peskin. Supervisor haney. I want to thank you, mr. Flynn, and thank the City Attorneys Office for their proactive and necessary work on this and the broader investigation. This is a very awful time for our city when we are continuing to have these kind of allegations of corruption. It seems to me that we clearly need to be able to take action against individuals and companies who are charged with corrupt behaviors and ensure that they are not getting further contracts with the city during that time. One question i had was about another maybe it is a slightly different category. The situation that involves rod regoes santos. He has been charged. He is not exactly a contractor in the same way but there were reports of mr. Santos continuing to pull permits and engage with d. B. I. In various ways. Would a situation like that be covered under this ordinance . What is the scope of engagement that is included that could be suspended while somebody is under investigation or has been indicted . That is a great issue. De barment is a process by which someone who gets money from the government is determined that they are no longer entitled to do that. A grant or contract they are no longer allowed to do that. Sorry about my dog. People who apply for permits are not getting contracts, they are getting permits. It is different to come up with parallel regime. If you are not an honest broker with a department while seeking a permit for others, is there something that can be done . The de barment process comes from a long line of from the federal to local to state government. We want to clean it up. It has never come over to the permitting. There are different issues to look at in terms of that. Wyou are correct. That is the example in how we can do that. If we know someone is not truthful, what we currently do is we put we advise departments to put additional bells and whistles on that permit process. If someone is not being truthful to look at every application, follow up, to do checks, to make sure this is truthful. There is not in our code a process to say you cannot walk to the counter and get a permit. This would not cover it, unfortunately. I appreciate that. I do hope that this is something that we can look at if somebody is under indictment, accused of a crime of fraud or corruption. I do not believe they should be getting contracts with the city and i also do not belief they should pull permits from the city. It obviously damages the public trust but brings up the possibility that they are continuing to do the exact same thing they have been charged or indicted for. I think in the case of mr. Santos. We are going to have concerns and we dont want to give somebody a contract engaging in corrupt behavior or facilitating corrupt behavior by allowing them to directly pull permits from d. B. I. You know, i hope that is something we can look at closely and address. I dont think it is right for our City Government to be giving money out or permits out to people who are engaged in corrupt behavior and are under indictment or investigation for it. My staff is delling me i may be telling me i have a hearing on this upcoming. Maybe supervisor peskin was involved with. I hope we can find a similar solution to prevent that behavior as well. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor haney for that. When we go to Public Comment, mr. Clerk, any callers on the line . Please let us know if there are any callers. If you have connected press star followed by 3 to speak. On hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. You will hear prompts to inform you your line is unmuted. On cable channel 26 or through sfgovtv if you wish to speak please call in now by following the instructions on your screen. Dial 4156550001. Entered d1466994959. Press pound twice and star 3 to speak. Do we have callers for item 3 . Mr. Chair there are no callers in the queue. Thank you. Public comment is now closed. I would like to move we amend the item as presented and send the item as amended to the full board with positive recommendations. Mr. Clerk, please call roll. On the motion the ordinance be amended and recommended as amended to the board of supervisors. Vice chair peskin. Aye. Member haney. Aye. Chair mar. Aye. Mr. Chair there are three ayes. Thank you, mr. Clerk and thank you for all of your work on this. Please call item 4. Agenda four administrative code to establish the Work Force Education and Recovery Fund. Members of the public who wish to comment shall call now. Public comment is 4156550001 enter meeting id. Press pound twice to connect and star followed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. Please wait until the system indicates you are unmuted and you may then begin your comments. Thank you. Like item 1 the back to work emergency ordinance this is in response to those unemployed due to health pandemic. Most of the more than 200 san franciscan who filed over the past 8 months will not return to previous jobs. Supporting them to upgrade skills to get back to work with will extremely important part of the economic recovery. One of the key recommendations of the Sf Economic Recovery Task Force is for the city to provide culturally accessible job training with career connections for marginalized aplaid off workers. This will recrate the Work Force Education and Recovery Fund to provide Financial Support to city college of california. Student Wraparound Services and social justice, Lifelong Learning and enrichment classes. We recognize the role of city college as largest provider of workforce training in Adult Education in the city with all programs tuition free to San Francisco residents. It is a strategic investment to expand the vocational classes leading to Career Pathways at this time of meed. The city budget includes 200,000 to work to create a Pilot Program in the Spring Semester to create at least 10 career Technical Education classes for unemployed workers in key sectors such as health education, nursing, emergency responders, Information Technology and building trades. I thank my cosponsors haney, ronen and preston and leaders who we worked with on this measure sft2121, student leaders, trustees, and interim chancellor. I want to thank City Attorney clark and the department of children, youth and families. Last but not least my staff for all of their work on this. Before we go to Public Comment, do you have any questions or remarks, colleagues . Okay. Mr. Clerk. Any callers on the line . Thank you. Please let us know if there are callers ready for those who connected by phone press star 3 if you wish to speak for this item. Those already on hold in the queue please wait until you are prompted to begin and you will be informed your line is unmuted. On cable channel 26 or sfgovtv please call in now by following the instructions on the screen. Dial 4156550001. When prompted enter the i id1466994959. Press pound twice and star followed by 3 to enter cue to speak. Do we have callers for agenda 4 . There are no callers in the queue. Thank you, operations and mr. Public comment is closed. Colleagues. I would move we send this to the full board with positive recommendation. Mr. Clerk please call roll. On the motion offered by chair mar to recommend to the board of supervisors. Vice chair peskin. Aye. Member haney. Aye. Chair mar. Aye. Mr. Chair, three ayes. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Is there any further business . There is no further business. We are adjourned. Take care everyone. We continue our celebration, our Community Celebration here for bubble upper yard. I would like to introduce our executive director from Mission Housing, and hes joining us via video. Thank you so much. Hello, everyone, i want to say thank you for letting us to share this fantastic day with the community. My name is sam moss, from Mission Housing development corporation. One of the developers for the balboa park upper yard. Were standing on the future site of 130 lowincome family units for the community and throughout San Francisco. I really want to thank supervisor safai, the Board Directors of Mission Housing, the bart board of directors as well. Were also standing on land that will eventually be a Brandnew Community center and new bart station and plaza. And its things like these, collaborations like these, that are the most important work that we do in the Affordable Housing community. Its important to take advantage of sites like this. They dont come up very often. With the construction that is as expensive as it is and the Uncertain Times right now, im honored to personally to be able to say thank you for allowing to us help to deliver this Vital Community center. Most importantly, cuhj and the community for sticking together and working together throughout the last five years to make this a reality. Without the tireless work that cuhj has put forth since 2008, i dont believe that wed be here. Its important for everyone that is watching to realize that the standard for affordable Housing Development and Community Organization has been set at the balboa park upper yard. This will be the new norm, engaging everyone that will benefit from the property, and not just those that live at the property, its at the heart of Mission Housings mission and im honored to stand here today and to say how awesome its going to be. And, finally, i want to thank the Mission Housing deputy executive director. I know it looks like i run the company but without marcia, Mission Housing would not be where we are today. Thank you, marcia. And im honored to welcome mayor london breed. Thank you so much, sam. Im mayor london breed. Im so excited to be here with all of you today for the balboa park upper yard groundbreaking. Now this is really a groundbreaking project for the lake view o. M. I. Community. Its one of the second 100 Affordable Housing projects in the lake view community. And that has no small part to do with the people of this community who have fought for years and years for their fair share of not just housing, but 100 Affordable Housing. 131 units. Right here at balboa park. And let me just talk a little bit about how amazing this project is. Not only will there be an onsite child care, there will also be wrap around services for families. And whats so amazing about this project is that we will be using neighborhood preference. So the people of this Community Get the right for the units built in their community. Its time to change how we provide Affordable Housing in communities. It cant just be that we build this housing and then no one who grew up and was born and raise in regard this community has access. We have so many incredible leaders who are going to be working with us to make sure that the people of this community apply for the Affordable Housing and that they get in. Its going to be up to you. But let me also tell you about some of the great amenities of this project because this is how housing should be built. Very close to transit corridors. And were lucky to have a bart a partner in the sfmta, so i want to thank sfmta and i want to thank bart and thank all of our transit agencies for the work they have not only done to work so we could use this property for 100 Affordable Housing, but the work thats going to be provided around reimagining what this plaza looks like. There will be additional bart trains. There will be traditional resources. 30 million from the state invested in this project. Which is just one of the many things that we know that we need to do as a city to make sure that we are building more housing along transit corridors. Its not only efficient for the people who rely on Public Transportation every single day but its good for the environment also. And let me just take an opportunity to really thank Mission Housing and sam moss for the work theyve done on this project. I want to thank bill white and related for what they have done and our sfmta department for working with us to transition this property for Affordable Housing. And i want to thank bart for their partnership. I want to thank our Mayors Office of housing and the work that they have done. It really does take a village. These projects are so expensive. Because its not just about building housing, its about building the infrastructure to maintain this housing for generations to come. Its about redoing the plazas and making it work. Its about the fact that there will be families moving into this particular development and we want to make sure that children have a safe place to play. So so many